Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed three United Nations Security Council resolutions issued against Iran as worthless and with no impact on the country's plans to develop its nuclear programmes.

"They (UN veto powers) thought that we would surrender as soon as they issued the first resolution against us but as I said at that time, they can issue as many resolutions as they like, fact is that these resolutions are worthless and just a piece of torn paper without credit, legitimacy and any impact," Ahmadinejad was quoted by ISNA news agency as saying.

United Nations, Nov. 22 : United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has set up a high-level team to scrutinize the staging of parliamentary elections in Bangladesh next month.

According to a China View report, the panel has been tasked with assessing the preparations and conduct of the elections through visits to Bangladesh before and during the elections.

United Nations, Nov 22: United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has voiced his concern over the United States’ cross-border attacks on suspected Taliban targets inside Pakistani territory.

Six people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in Bannu district on Tuesday night.

Al Qaeda terrorist Abdullah Azam Al-Saudi was believed killed in the US missile attack, the first outside the Tribal Areas of Pakistan, the Daily Times reported.

New York  - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reiterated Friday a request to Israel to allow the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

A UN spokeswoman said Ban "underscores the importance of having Israel urgently permit the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the civilian population of Gaza, and regrets that his calls have not yet been heeded."

The UN said living conditions in the Hamas-held Palestinian enclave have deteriorated because of the continued closure of major crossing points by Israel.

New York  - A three-member United Nations panel is scheduled to visit Bangladesh next week to assist the caretaker government there in organizing parliamentary elections, the UN said Friday.

The Bangladeshi government requested UN help to assess the situation and make preparations for the elections in December. The panel will visit the country Sunday to November 29.

The UN said the panel will "assess the preparations and conduct of the elections through visits to Bangladesh before and during the elections."

Lahore, Nov 21: The United Nations has reportedly said that the US drone strikes inside the Pakistani territory were a “bilateral issue” between the two countries, and that they must themselves resolve the issue.

“The two countries must resolve the issue through dialogue,” the Daily Times quoted a UN spokesman as saying in an interview with a TV channel.

The issue of US air strikes on Pakistan has lately rocked the ties between the two countries, with Islamabad making repeated requests to Washington to stop them saying that they were an attack on its sovereignty. Pakistan officials have also often said that the US attacks were generating anti-US sentiments making it difficult for the federal government to convince its citizens.